The national sponsoring organization for table tennis is USA Table Tennis ("USATT")has almost 8,000 members. The sport is very popular in many parts of the world, especially in Asia and Scandinavia and its popularity now appears to be growing in the U.S.

The first table below presents the 2018 schedule of national table tennis tournaments for adults. The second table summarizes the number of competitors, by gender and selected age groups for the 2017 US Open Table Tennis Championship. The third and fourth tables present the national champions and the number of competitors in each age-group over 40 for the 2017 U.S. Table Tennis Open and the the U.S. Table Tennis National Championship.